What's The Connection? Steppin 1

I'm going to blame this one on TikTok and my wife. I don't have the app, but she shows me dance and music videos on her phone whenever she likes something (not all the time, but a lot). She shows me a bunch of people doing a line dance to a Steppin' song that turns out is by Mike Clark. I found a version with him joined by the Ying Yang Twins and that started this series. A couple of songs with the same title were added and then Heatwave and Joe Jackson. Then the floodgates opened! I took out any with Stone in the title and left that for a special future one, but here's the first volume for you now.

What's The Connection? Steppin 1

01 Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Steppin' Out With My Baby

02 Zydeco All-Stars - Hot Steppin' Zydeco

03 Heatwave - Ain't No Half Steppin'

04 The Fatback Band - Keep On Stepping

05 Junior Wells - Keep On Steppin'

06 Wire - Stepping Off Too Quick

07 Elvis Presley - Steppin' Out Of Line

08 Sly and Robbie - Stepping Out

09 Mike Clark with The Ying Yang Twins - Keep On Steppin

10 Slave - Steppin' Out

11 Barry Manilow - Let's Go Steppin'

12 Kool & The Gang - Steppin' Out

13 Cream - Steppin' Out

14 Madness - Stepping Into Line

15 Sandy Barber - I Think I'll Do Some Stepping On My Own

16 Blow Monkeys - Steppin' Down

17 Electric Light Orchestra - Steppin Out

18 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - I'm Stepping Out

19 Paul Revere & the Raiders - Steppin' Out

20 The Moody Blues - Steppin' In A Slide Zone

21 Loretta Lynn - You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out On Me)

22 Tim McGraw - Two Steppin' Mind

23 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

What's The Connection? Ways 2

This is a continuation of the first Ways WTC. I continued with the numbering and got to put in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane Wiedlin, the Jackson and Revolting Cocks! Forget the Blow Monkeys. So enjoy this second vaolume and look for the future connections of the non-plural and types of ways (not Waze). That's all you get for a writeup today. Let the songs speak for themselves. I'm feeling lazy today. It is my mom's birthday after all.

What's The Connection? Ways 2

34 Clan of Xymox - Equal Ways

23 Alphaville - Ways

32 Jeff Beck Group - New Ways Train Train

40 Herbie Hancock Quartet - Clear Ways

38 Revolting Cocks - Ten Million Ways To Die

36 Jane Wiedlin - 99 Ways

35 Jacksons - Your Ways

37 Red Hot Chili Peppers - These Are the Ways

26 Fleetwood Mac - Warm Ways

29 Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways

31 Lenny Williams - Ten Ways Of Loving You

25 The Cure - Six Different Ways

41 The Fall - 15 Ways

28 KMFDM - Mysterious Ways

39 Neil Young - Old Ways

30 Funkadelic - Sexy Ways

27 Nerf Herder - 5000 Ways To Die

33 Peter and Gordon - True Love Ways

42 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Let Me Count The Ways

24 Johnny Cash - The Ways Of A Woman In Love

Cornell Hurd Pick

Years ago, make that more than a couple of decades ago, I was not living in Texas. I was planning a trip to Dallas. I had no idea how big Texas was then. It's huge. I asked a buddy of mine who was a big music lover and I really respected his musical knowledge (he's also a famous comic book inker) and had been a guest on my radio show many times. I asked if he knew of a good band to see while I was there. He recommended a road trip to Austin to go to a restaurant (Jovitas). They were hosting a band there once a week that was worth the drive. That's what he said. Eat and you see the band. They ended up being the Cornell Hurd Band. On the night we were there half the show featured Marti Brom who was a rock-a-billy singer, but was covering Dorothy Shay that night. She'd done an album with the Cornell Hurd Band. I had not heard of her, Cornell Hurd or Dorothy Shay. They were worth the drive. Amazing rubboard player (Danny). Turns out Cornell was from the San Jose area (probably around when Doug Sahm was there) and had novelty songs played by Dr. Demento and moved to Texas (or perhaps back to Texas). Great sense of humor, great band. Bought a bunch of recordings then and since. Here is my pick. BTW, special thanks to Richard who got me one of the songs I was missing.

Cornell Hurd Pick

01 Cornell Hurd Band with Johnny Bush - Mom's Tattoo

02 Marti Brom with Cornell Hurd Band - Kiss Me Big

03 Cornell Hurd Band - If You Play With My Mind

04 Cornell Hurd Band - What Would Ernest Tubb Have Done

05 Cornell Hurd Band - The Genitalia of a Fool

06 Joel Crawford with Cornell Hurd - Psychotic Love

07 Cornell Hurd Band - Texas Eyes

08 Cornell Hurd Band - Tell Your Shrink I Said Thanks for Nothing

09 Marti Brom with Cornell Hurd Band - Feudin' and Fightin'

10 Cornell Hurd Band - Respect for the Dead

11 Cornell Hurd Band - Don't Wipe Your Face With Your Shirt

12 Cornell Hurd Band - I Drink Too Much

13 Cornell Hurd Band - Honky-Tonk Has Been

14 Cornell Hurd Band - You Only Kiss Me When We Say Goodbye

15 Cornell Hurd Band - The Long Goodbye

16 Cornell Hurd Band - Texas Me

17 Cornell Hurd Band - Fools Like Me

18 Cornell Hurd Band - Just One More Time

19 Cornell Hurd Band - Heavy Breathin'

20 Cornell Hurd Band featuring Brad Moore & Judy Julian - Seven Cups of Coffee, Fourteen Cigarettes

21 Cornell Hurd Band - I'm Gonna Drive

22 Marti Brom with Cornell Hurd Band - They Were Doing The Mambo

23 Cornell Hurd Band - Saturday Night In San Jose

24 Cornell Hurd Band - Come On Home To Houston

25 Cornell Hurd & His Mondo Hotpants Orchestra - Bicentennial Boogie

26 Cornell Hurd Band - Big Game Hunter

27 Cornell Hurd Band - Here Comes My Ball And Chain Again

28 Cornell Hurd Band - Loving You Was Never Enough

29 Cornell Hurd Band - This Gun Don't Care Who Shoots It

What's The Connection? Lasts 1

This connection isn't Last, but Lasts. Plural and it ends up having a different meaning. Sort of. These are songs about how long things last. Mostly with Lasts in the title. Especially if it lasts forever, if it doesn't last at all. Some sing about nothing lasting and others about love lasting. I think I want to believe in Kissing The Pink. You have to decide for yourself. What lasts and what doesn't? What will last is your wanting to play this over and over (or will it?)

What's The Connection? Lasts 1

01 Echo & the Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever

02 Ride - Nothing Lasts Forever

03 Maroon 5 - Nothing Lasts Forever

04 Half Japanese - Love Lasts Forever (Sometimes)

05 Inner Life - Make It Last Forever

06 Steve Miller Band - Nothing Lasts

07 Trillion - Make It Last Forever

08 Judy Collins - Nothing Lasts Forever

09 Nathan And The Zydeco Cha Chas - Your Love Lasts As Long As Your Money

10 Endgames - First, Last For Everything (Club Mix)

11 The Icicle Works - When Winter Lasted Forever

12 The Chi-Lites - Nothing Lasts Forever

13 The Invisible Surfers - It Won't Last Forever

14 Bo' Flyers - If Saturday Night Could Only Last Forever

15 Marie Osmond - True Love Lasts Forever

16 Whatt Four - Our Love Should Last Forever

17 Chicago - We Can Last Forever

18 Madonna - Nothing Lasts Forever

19 Kissing The Pink - Love Lasts Forever (Long Remix)

20 Kinks - Nothing Lasts Forever

Doug Sahm Pick

Not a special day to celebrate Doug Sahm, other than any day is a good day to celebrate him. I did finish what I think is a good pick of his work over the years. Born in November 1941 and died in November 1999 he left a nice body of work. I'm not sure how I would categorize him, but he did have some great songs. Early Rock, San Francisco Hippy, Latin Rock, Country, Blues. It was all good. I have a little of each period even his song with Los Super Seven (listen to the other albums, they're all good). I love the Sir Douglas Quintet, but his work with the Texas Tornados was just as good if not better. I included a track from the movie Tin Cup and some solo stuff as well. I think you can tell, I like his stuff.

Doug Sahm Pick

01 Sir Douglas Quintet - Nuevo Laredo

02 Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover

03 Sir Douglas Quintet - Song Of Everything

04 Doug Sahm - Beautiful Texas Sunshine

05 Doug Sahm - At The Crossroads

06 Texas Tornados - (Hey Baby) Que Paso

07 Sir Douglas Quintet - Be Real

08 Texas Tornados - Wasted Days And Wasted Nights

09 Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm - Reconsider Baby

10 Texas Tornados - Guacamole

11 Doug Sahm & Band - (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone

12 Doug Sahm And Band - It's Gonna Be Easy

13 Texas Tornados - Little Bit Is Better Than Nada

14 Doug Sahm And The Pharoahs - Slow Down

15 Sir Douglas Quintet - Too Little Too Late

16 Doug Sahm - Groover's Paradise

17 Doug Sahm featuring The Gourds - Get A Life

18 Texas Tornados - Who Were You Thinkin' Of

19 Doug Sahm - Dynamite Woman

20 Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino

21 Sir Douglas Quintet - Texas Tornado

22 Sir Douglas Quintet - The Rains Came

23 Sir Douglas Quintet - Revolutionary Ways

24 Los Super Seven - Rio De Tenampa

25 Sir Douglas Quintet - Love Don't Treat Me Fair

26 Texas Tornados - Una Mas Cerveza

dmh

Another three letter mixtape. I seem to be getting a few of these picks posted up lately. A couple of these I was going to use on my last one, but it didn't quite work out to make them fit, but I liked the songs anyway. Jeff Back and Tom Scott if you cared. I used another Manzanera track, just because I like that album a lot. All the tracks are in camelot key order and are around 125 bpm, but varying degrees of energy. I almost cut out the beginning of the Blue Oyster Cult song so it would mix better, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. The Eno track I switched in for another track that I wanted to use, but this fit better. And I have to figure out how to use Siwtchfoot more often, because I really like that band. My daughter's middle school teacher was into the band and I got caught up with the ferver and still like them after all these years (decades now).

dmh

01 St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review - Policy Of Truth (Europen Edition)

02 Tom Scott - Rock Island Rocket

03 Moe. - Downward Facing Dog

04 Grand Funk - The Locomotion

05 Bauhaus - Earwax

06 Blue Oyster Cult - Golden Age Of Leather

07 Brian Eno - Backwater

08 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Wonderous Mix)

09 Armageddon - Buzzard

10 The Dinky Toys - The Sweetest Hangover

11 AC-DC - T.N.T.

12 Cake - Never There

13 ABC - Poison Arrow

14 Joshua Moses - Pretty Girl

15 Jeff Beck - Where Were You

16 Phil Manzanera - The Flex

17 Switchfoot - More Than Fire

18 Buzzcocks - Sixteen

tgr

Working from yesterday's Rhumba connection, this pick became a mixtape starting with Wire. I had that song and then wanted to get to Big Black. Instead I went all around, old and new, past a bunch of other stuff. But it does flow. Not sure why, because by all accounts, it shouldn't. But it does. I do like the three letter cover. I am going to have to use the marble in something else coming up.

tgr

01 Wire - Three Girl Rhumba

02 Sisters Of Mercy - Black Planet

03 Roman Holliday - One Foot Back In Your Door

04 Kinks - Wish I Could Fly Like Superman

05 New Order - World In Motion

06 Martha And The Muffins - Several Styles Of Blonde Girls Dancing

07 Sam Cooke - Twistin' The Night Away

08 The Four Tops - Don't Walk Away

09 Barry Blue - Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)

10 Doug Sahm And Band - (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone

11 Big Black - The Model

12 Turtles - Eve Of Destruction

13 Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

14 Ral Donner & The Starfires - Girl Of My Best Friend

15 Major Lance - Hey Little Girl

16 Paul Anka - Are You My Destiny

17 Badlands - Dreams In The Dark

18 Grateful Dead - Truckin'

19 Original Casuals - So Tough

20 Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Frank Sinatra

21 Chi Coltrane - Thunder And Lightning

22 Halestorm - You Call Me a Bitch Like It's a Bad Thing

23 Grand Funk - Bad Time

24 Billy Joe Royal - Cherry Hill Park

What's The Connection? Rhumba 1

This connection started because of Phil Manzanera. His great album Diamond Head has a bonus track that got me going on this. Not all of these songs are actual rhumba songs as in the dance, but they all have Rhumba in the title. Going back to Phil, is it a play on Rhumba and a car? Or is it a play on Caramba? Which means something entirely different. I have no idea, but I love the song (as well as the rest of the album). From A Certain Ratio to Little Feat, there is wide variety. As long as I found a way to include Wire, I was going to be happy with the choices. As for the dance, I practiced it a lot as it was what we danced for the first dance at my wedding. Turned out pretty good.

What's The Connection? Rhumba 1

01 A Certain Ratio - Tumba Rhumba (7 inch Single B-Side)

02 Jimmy Reed - Roll And Rhumba

03 Miles Davis - New Rhumba

04 Roaring Lion - Rhumba Dance

05 Nicolette Larson - Rhumba Girl

06 The Tikiyaki Orchestra - La Hula Rhumba

07 Walter Davis Jr. - Rhumba Nhumba

08 Arrow - Soca Rhumba

09 Haruomi Hosono - Japanese Rhumba

10 Elvis Presley - No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car

11 Hank Snow - Rhumba Boogie

12 Johnny Horton - The Train With The Rhumba Beat

13 Wire - Three Girl Rhumba

14 Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Rock-umba, Rock-Rock-Cha-Cha, Blue Rhumba

15 King Biscuit Boy - Bald-Headed Rhumba Boogie

16 Combustible Edison - Headshake Rhumba

17 Warren Barker - Rhumba Rhapsody

18 Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Rhumba And Coke

19 Phil Manzanera - Carhumba

20 Xavier Cugat - Rhumba Rhumba

21 The Nat King Cole Trio - Rex Rhumba

22 Little Feat - Rhumba Man

What's The Connection? Obsession 1

Yesterday I had the collision connection, but I had made that one after I had made this WTC about obsessions. Well, the obsession is about sticking to the title including the word obsession instead of actually being about things we are obsessed with. If it was the latter it would be songs about albums and compilations and playlists, but it isn't about me abd what I am obsessed with. It's these songs. Some cool ones on volume one of this. And let me tell you there are multiple volumes coming. Animotion is of course on here, but also disco, rock industrial dance, pop and more. I think Hall & Oates had the biggest hit on this volume, but I could be wrong. Somebody check and tell me. Either way I hope this playlist becomes your obsession.

What's The Connection? Obsession 1

01 Bee Gees - Obsessions

02 Kylie Minogue - Obsession

03 Adam Ant - Obsession

04 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Obsession

05 Chris And Cosey - Obsession

06 Animotion - Obsession

07 Hall & Oates - Possession Obsession

08 Icehouse - My Obsession

09 Suede - Obsessions

10 Guns N' Roses - Bad Obsession

11 Xymox - Obsession

12 Cheap Trick - My Obsession

13 Alexander Robotnick - Obsession For The Disco Freaks (Original)

14 Cabaret Voltaire - Obsession

15 Rolling Stones - My Obsession

16 Scorpions - Obsession

17 Hawkwind - Sweet Obsession

18 Killing Joke - Obsession

What's The Connection? Collision 1

My normal sense was colliding with craziness when I thought of this connection. the genres are colliding with each other, but that's how I like it. A lot less colliding songs in my collection than I thought would be here, but that's sometimes how it works. The cover is water and fire in a collision. Blame this all on the Obsession connection that's coming soon, but I mad before this one. I was getting into alliteration and went this direction instead.

What's The Connection? Collision 1

01 Rancid - Collision Course

02 Pizzicato Five - Collision And Improvisation

03 Jerry Harrison - Worlds In Collision

04 Mark Stewart - Collision

05 Genesis P-Orridge & Splinter Test - Gamma Collision

06 John Foxx - Geometry, Collision And Coincidence

07 Pere Ubu - Worlds In Collision

08 Front Line Assembly - Collision

09 John Waite - Love Collision

10 Mott The Hoople - Collision Course

11 Faith No More - Collision

12 Ruts DC Meets Mad Professor - Rhythm Collision

13 Dub Syndicate - Sound Collisions

14 New Found Glory - Head On Collision

15 ZZ Top - Decision Or Collision

Dawn Family

This was because of yesterday. Made me go down the rabbit hole on this family pick. Tony Orland, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent (Wilson) made up the band with the hits. Some of them are on this pick. They had more. I watched their TV show and liked it. I followed the family tree and Tony had a band before called Wind and had some solo songs before and after. Telma and Joyce sang backup vocals on many albums. Some together and some separately. A few disco-y songs, even a little gospel-y. I included a good sampling. I was surprised to find that Eddie Murphy had Joyce on a track. (not Party All The Time). Have fun with this one. It flows pretty good.

Dawn Family

01 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

02 Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady

03 Eddie Floyd - Soul Street

04 Scherrie & Susaye - In The Night

05 Prairie Madness - Sunbeam to His Heart

06 Tony Orlando - Bless You

07 Dennis Coffey - Taurus

08 Wind - Make Believe

09 Eddie Murphy - Everything's Coming Up Roses

10 David Porter - Hang On Sloopy (single version)

11 Tony Orlando & Dawn - He Don't Love You Like I Love You

12 Grey & Hanks - Now I'm Fine

13 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Knock Three Times

14 Deon Jackson - I Can't Go On

15 Claudja Barry - Come On Stand Up (Vocal Pop Mix)

16 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Candida

17 Ronnie T And The Rugleys - Shake It Baby (Groove To The Funkie T)

18 Margie Joseph - Stop! In The Name Of Love

bdh

I was thinking of three songs while I was making this mixtape. My pick comes from there. The Blondie song was on my mind as was Adult Net since I had been listening to anything from Clem Burke. But it also was Tony Orlando and Dawn who was an ear worm with this track (click on that link for more catchy songs). That also started me on tomorrow's pick, but you'll have to wait for that one. Surprising but Dawn with or without Tony didn't make it on my Too Catchy series. What was I thinking? But lots made it on this three letter mixtape. Some easy listening and some harder. I love the Nina Hagen. Always good to include her. And anytime I can include A Drop In The Gray, The Models and Dramarama in a mixtape, I'll do it. I am more familiar with Paper Lace than Bo Donaldson even though the latter was the version played on US radio. Mostly because I loved their follow up hit The Night Chicago Died, which is not on here. The title came because of Bo and the Heywoods.

bdh

01 Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

02 Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me

03 Poco - Crazy Love

04 Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

05 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner

06 ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago

07 Hoodoo Gurus - My Girl

08 The Box Tops - Call Me

09 Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)

10 Blondie - Shayla

11 Models - Out Of Mind Out Of Sight

12 Adult Net - White Night (Stars Say Go)

13 Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods - Billy, Don't Be A Hero

14 Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

15 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

16 Nina Hagen - Personal Jesus

17 Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo

18 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida

19 Thin Lizzy - Rosalie

20 Doobie Brothers - Jesus Is Just Alright

21 A Drop In The Gray - All The Same

22 The Fall - Cruisers Creek

What's The Connection? Disco 2

The very last day of April, I posted a connection of songs with Disco in the title. This is part two of that collection. This one has less disco in it, but still has disco songs. Including a cover of a disco song with disco in the title from Age Of Chance. It's also got a second Cristina song. Can you believe she has two songs with disco in the title? One about no Disco and one with death to disco one with suicide to disco and one un-disco song. Numbering continues and the cover is very similar.

What's The Connection? Disco 2

20 Age Of Chance - Disco Inferno

21 Funkadelic - Undisco Kid

22 Beastie Boys - Nonstop Disco Powerpack

23 Glam Sam and His Combo - The Disco Kid

24 Public Image Ltd - Death Disco

25 House of Prayers - Disco Stepper

26 New Order - Mr. Disco

27 Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)

28 Depeche Mode - Nodisco

29 Cristina - Blame It On Disco

30 Who - Sister Disco

31 Brand X - Disco Suicide

32 David Bowie - Bring Me the Disco King

33 Missing Persons - Disco Boy

34 Ricky Wilde - I Wanna Go To A Disco

ExiCumbias 1

This Cinco de Mayo pick is fun, but not necessarily having to do with Mexico. Not that Cinco De Mayo really has much to do with Mexico either. It's become a holiday for all latinos in the US. Which makes this a little more appropriate. Cumbias were actually a Colombian thing, but appropriated by many Latin countries including Mexico. There are bands all over that play cumbias. These are some of my favorites. I do have a few on my Exitos series of comps that aren't on here. Maybe I will peel them off and add them to volume two. Exitos just means hits and I made one bad pun to start naming these and I stuck to it although it makes no grammatical sense in Spanish. Lo Siento. I'm sorry. That's just the way it is. Happy Cinco de Mayo anyway.

ExiCumbias 1

01 Los Angeles Azules - Cómo Te Voy A Olvidar

02 Run The Jewels featuring Santa Fe Klan - Ooh La La (Mexican Institute Of Sound Versión)

03 Natalia Lafourcade - Tú Sí Sabes Quererme

04 Caifanes - La Negra Tomasa (Bilongo)

05 Selena - Techno Cumbia

06 Ruben Blades - Eres Mi Canción

07 Celso Piña with Control Machete, Blanquito Man - Cumbia Sobre El Río

08 Mexican Institute Of Sound - Cumbia

09 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Padre Nuestro

10 Bomba Estereo - Fuego

11 Rodolfo y su Típica RA7 - La Cologiala

12 La Sonora Dinamita - Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir

13 Celso Piña with El Gran Silencio - Cumbia Poder

14 Bersuit Vergarabat - Yo Tomo

15 El Gran Silencio - Chuntaros Style

16 Mon Laferte - Te Juro Que Volveré

17 Los Lobos - Kiko And The Lavender Moon

18 Los Bukis - Encadenada A Mi

19 Lido Pimienta - Nada

Helena's Hits 1

Yesterday I posted my Harris Hits pick and said that I had done the same type of mixtape for my daughter years before. I checked and I hadn't posted it up before. So I fixed it up and here it is. Just like yesterday it didn't have to be "kids" music and in fact much wasn't. Some here were the songs we just had together. That all changed as she grew up, but a lot is still our thing together. The Oscar Brand for instance was our joke song. Most parents probably wouldn't play that for their daughters, but for us it was funny. This is what we would play in the car driving around. Singing our heads off.

Helena's Hits 1

01 Looney Tunes (The Merry-Go-Round Breaks Down)

02 Simon & Garfunkel - 59th St Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

03 Shel Silverstein - Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out

04 Styx - Don't Sit Down On The Plexiglass Toilet

05 Oscar Brand - Charlotte The Harlot

06 Little Richard - Itsy bitsy Spider

07 Gregory Isaacs - Puff The Magic Dragon

08 Raffi - Willoughby Wallaby Woo

09 Beatles - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill

10 Three Dog Night - Joy to the World

11 Blood, Sweat and Tears - Spinning Wheel

12 Siouxsie & the Banshees - Trust In Me

13 Sinead O'Connor - Someday My Prince Will Come

14 The Jungle Book - The Bare Necessities

15 Disneyland - Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)

16 The Replacements - Cruella DeVille

17 Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

18 Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads

19 Fred Penner - The Cat Came Back

20 Eno - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

21 KC and The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

22 The Monkees - Theme From The Monkees

23 Archies - Sugar, Sugar

24 The Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy

25 Shirley Ellis - The Name Game

26 Ray Anthony - Hokey Pokey

27 Monty Python - Lumberjack Song

28 John Lennon (Plastic Ono Band) - Imagine

29 Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

Harris' Hits

When my daughter was young I made her some mixtape CD's with her name on them. I can't remember if I ever posted any here. But now I am a grandpa (Opa in my home) so I picked a mixtape for my grandson. He hasn't had the chance to hear it yet. That will be soon. Not necessarily kids songs (although some are) but songs that kids could like and that parents won't instantly hate. I am posting these because Butterboy posted a Childhood memories comp that was really good and it reminded me that I had this one waiting in the wings.

Harris' Hits

01 Cake - Mahna, Mahna

02 Beatles - Octopus's Garden

03 Pink Martini - Hang On Little Tomato

04 OK Go - Muppet Show Theme Song

05 Avril Lavigne - SpongeBob SquarePants Theme

06 Elvis Presley - Five Sleepy Heads

07 The Monkees - Apples, Peaches, Bananas And Pears

08 The Tokens - A You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)

09 The Ramones - Spiderman

10 The Dickies - Banana Splits

11 Depeche Mode - Precious

12 Cornell Hurd Band - Don't Wipe Your Face With Your Shirt

13 Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine

14 Gwen Stefani - Rainbow Connection

15 Queen - We Will Rock You

16 Ween - Ocean Man

17 Barenaked Ladies - La La La La Lemon

18 Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Clementine

19 Alice Cooper - School's Out

20 Isley Brothers - Shout (Part 1 & 2)

21 Kimya Dawson - Little Monster Babies

22 Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start the Fire

23 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

24 Bobby Darin - Splish Splash

25 Wilco - Just A Kid (With The Blisters)

26 Laura Doherty - Kitty Cat

27 Kim Wilde - Kids in America

28 The Monkees - I'm A Believer

dwk

This is an interesting mixtape. I picked starting from the Yoko Ono cover and added a few other covers, but that wasn't the point. I was trying to pick songs that went together. It was a little lower energy and I put them in order of energy instead of strictly by BPM. It made more sense to me that way. I hope you enjoy it. I've been listening to it several times already and it's quite pleasant for me. My family is not complaining either, so it can't be too annoying. The title came from the first three words of Yoko's original title.

dwk

01 Bessie Banks - Go Now

02 Radiohead - No Surprises

03 Claudine Longet - God Only Knows

04 Badfinger - Without You

05 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

06 The Rutles - With A Girl Like You

07 Shocking Blue - Venus

08 Bee Gees - Massachusetts

09 La Belle Epoque - Black Is Black

10 The Cure - The Love Cats

11 Zombies - Time Of The Season

12 Turtles - She'd Rather Be With Me

13 The Cranberries - Linger

14 Kate Bush - Them Heavy People

15 Suzanne Fellini - Love On The Phone

16 The Motels - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)

17 David Bowie - Let's Dance

18 Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes

19 The B-52's - Don't Worry

20 Weezer - Island in the Sun

21 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night

22 Blondie - Heart Of Glass (disco version)

What's The Connection? Money 2

More than two years ago, I posted a connection about Money and said that I would post part two soon. This obviously is not soon, because I prepared it and never posted it. So here it is on May Day. A little Easy Money, a couple of Greenbacks, some dinero and even one that seems to have nothing to do with money, but listen to it. Go back to April 2023 and see links to Rich connections as well the original Money. I won't get into fiat money or The Creature From Jekyll Island, you'll have to discover that yourself, Dollars aren't really money.

What's The Connection? Money 2

23 Roland Gift - It's Only Money

24 Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar

25 Billy Gibbons - Quiero Mas Dinero

26 Nelly featuring City Spud - Ride Wit Me

27 Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money

28 Lowell George - Easy Money

29 King Crimson - Easy Money

30 Fitz and the Tantrums - Moneygrabber

31 Waylon Jennings - Easy Money

32 Brad Paisley - Easy Money

33 Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled & Cardi B - Dinero

34 Electric Light Orchestra - Easy Money

35 Easy Star All Stars - Money

36 Johnny Marr - Easy Money

37 Hush - Money

38 Ima Robot - Greenback Boogie

39 Billy Joel - Easy Money

40 REO Speedwagon - Easy Money

41 Monty Python - Money Song

42 Bruce Springsteen - Easy Money